Travel Days! (Our Least Favorite Part of Full Time RV Life)
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2022
- Travel Days are our least favorite part of Full Time RV LIfe!
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It's good to see that I'm not the only one who talks back to my GPS. 😄
You betcha, however after a long day of driving, most of what I say back to the GPS would have to be edited out. My spousal unit has often told me that she would rather get out rather than listen to me talk to an inanimate object that can't answer back. Oh well it is what it is. LOL
Love the video!! Daisy is so sweet. Would love to see a RV through Daisy’s point of view.
We'd love to strap a gopro to her somehow... would be hilarious!
@@ChangingLanes Somehow I think Daisy's definition of hilarious and yours may have a slight difference!
This is why I like my class a diesel flat towing a car. And I can access everything in the coach without having to put out either of the slides. It works for me very well.
You were correct about the P bottles dumped in the parking lot. That isn’t even the worst thing that happens in a truckstop parking lot. Good news is loves truck stops or putting in RV parking at some locations
The only thing wrong with your videos... there not long enough
.. particularly love the travel footage,love seeing the changing country side!.😎🇳🇿
Your puppy dog is so cute 🥰🥰
My father and mother in law traveled too and had to give it up because she was getting sick from the constant jolting on her body and she’d get bladder infections from just sitting even though she wore loose fitting clothes. .. they of course no longer do this…enjoy while you are able and I hope many more wonderful miles ahead of you.
We had a travel day of 880 miles trying to outrun a winter storm from upper Wyoming to NM and it was 16 hours long. I don't recommend that ever in a 40' motorhome. I feel you Tara about sitting in the same position for a long time. stay safe and warm
Loved Daisy's "uninterested" face! 😆
Our Class A is all set for boondocking. Last spot we stayed was Tuttle creek camp ground, at Alabama Hills in Lone Pine Ca. Beautiful! High Sierras one side high desert other. Spent 2.5 weeks. Trash and RV dump. Also the movie sites from yesterday, see the museum. . Senior America the Beautiful card $8 a day. Enjoyed the creek, and bats at sunset! Stay put for awhile and save gas money. Lone Pine is a great place.
Loved the video....as usual. Long travel days and multiple travel days definitely wear on you and after our adventure out west last Sept, from Knoxville, TN to our first stop in Williams, AZ, Peggy and I were definitely ready for a break. Five travel days in a row, with day 4 being 475 miles. I will NEVER do that again. BTW...we stayed at the Railside RV Ranch, based on y'alls comments on it from a couple of years ago...Nice. The Portal in Moab was a beautiful place too. Thanks for the suggestions guys and safe travels.
Travel days video's are super interesting, as you give great insight as to how you handle being on the road, getting gas, stopping for breaks and what your look for along the way to make things easier. Great video.
Love travel days for the scenery
So good to see y'all!! Thanks for the great video!! Wonderful advice, insights and recommendations. Thanks for bringing us all along with y'all!! Happy travels!
Great video! Great idea to have food with you. I find we are often swayed by restaurant signs - then regret it saying - we would have been here so much sooner, etc. We also love the rest stop spots. Daisy always steals the show 🥰🥰🥰
This was a great video. Showing the how you live videos really helps. Confirms some of the things us full timers are doing and gives us other ideas. Great job!
Great video! We are not full time but we tow our 28-ft travel trailer to many destinations, and I personally enjoy the travel days. Yes, they can be tiring, but like you, I like to limit time/distance. We are on a count-down to going full time in retirement as we are leaving CA at that time. For all the reasons you pointed out in this video, we are set on a class-A diesel pusher with a Toad. Hope to see you out there on the road some day.
Too, funny, we do the same with the parking and when we get testy we usually say it’s because we are “Hangry”. Which is usually the case on travel days.
This was my favorite video you all have done in a long time! I loved it and I loved just getting to see you travel and talk about the real life of travel days! You had some great tips and suggestions… Thanks for sharing 🥰
I agree I enjoy all the videos but this one particularly! I love seeing the places you stay and hearing the stories and real life!
I can relate to this video. My wife and I have been fulltime for 5 years. Have visited all the lower 48 states. Best wishes.
I really liked this episode; we recently bought a larger unit, a 5th wheel, and seeing the handling and backing up methods shown. Also, the last place shown in Colorado...THAT looks like a place we would like!! I agree, travel days are stressful and just getting someplace and setting up is bliss! Thanks for your videos.
Wow 😮! That park was beautiful . Really enjoyed your 3-day road trip. Our country is breathtaking…especially Colorado! Daisy was so concerned seeing Tara outside the truck…she wanted her momma! 😃
Loved this video. My husband and I just decided to start RVing and your videos were a big encouragement to us! Our Momentum is being built! Thanks for sharing your adventures, good and bad. It leaves a lot less for us to figure out on our own.
Congrats on the new MO! 😀
Love watching y’all travel as much as you do. We’ve been full time for over 2 years now and love (almost) every minute of it.
Questions for your live feed;
1) do you plan on adding an air ride suspension such as Kelderman to your new truck to help with comfort on travel days?
2) what has been the item you ended up using/liking WAY more than you ever thought you would?
Thanks!
I used to live by your overnight KOA. Cool to see my old scenery!!
For the first 5 years we totally travel by the seat of our pants and normally booked 2 or 3 days in advance. Not as easy now. All good and true points. Be well!!
Great video exposing what it's like to travel with a big rig for longer distances. Great job explaining that manual mode of the hydraulic levelers too . Florida is usually our longest trips and we split them into 2-3 days depending on the distance. I wish I could stick to the 300 mile rule more, but as a working stiff sometimes I just have push further then due to limitations.
Thank you for showing Walden. I miss home. 😢. We heard river run was awesome. I look forward to watching the videos! We love Grand Lake! I grew up in the other side of the mountain near Estes Park in Loveland.
Stayed there in July and had a great time. Glad you guys did too.
As someone who has RVed their entire life, but just recently went full time, it's the travel days that have been the biggest pain/reward. We've finally gotten our system down to a few hours for breakdown and a few hours for setup. Our problem is we stay in a spot for a few months with the way contracts work for us, and then we usually move a long distance in a very short period of time. Fitting all of our stuff into our travel trailer can be quite the hassle. We're getting a cargo trailer this week to help the haul for the future, but hopefully, we can move to a fifth wheel that better meets our needs soon.
Also we love the way Gigi annunciates KOA, and when we go to places that have movies about them we love to watch while we're there. Did you enjoy a viewing of Tread while in Granby? LOL
Great video! I LOOOVE Colorado! Our two boys and their family’s live in Loveland and Berthoud… we visit as often as we can!
Slow and steady wins the race.😂😂😂.
LOL!! 🤣😂
Thank you for the tips and info to help with our travel days.
If you pull over is because it bother you see people trap behind ,which is a good sign aboout you guys ,it means u care.Not ofthen seen these days.Very nice.
I enjoy the music (nice video), Tara and Daisy! You too Chad! :-) Hugs from Brazil!
I couldn't believe you went through my old stomping grounds in Walden Colorado. I was the Undersheriff there for several years.
I've driven I-80 a few times. Once was from Scaramento, CA to Milwaukee, WI (turned onto I-88 after the Mississippi River) mostly straight through in 2 days. Ice storms in Wyoming were not as fun. But lots to see along the route you took like you said. I enjoy your videos as they are memories for me of trips past that couldn't have been filmed back in earlier technology days.
What a great video please keep them coming , I have watched all of them several times and learned so much.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
My husband and I are newbies still in the research process. We have learned so much from your channel! We watched every video from the beginning and appreciate all the effort you put into this. ❤️
Thanks for watching! 😊
Great idea for a video. With the usual first rate camera work and editing, very informative and entertaining.
You could not have timed this video better! Thanks a lot for all the very useful tips!
Looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for the content.
The pee smell at truck rest areas is from the DEF used for Diesel engines.
Pretty sure they're not dumping expensive DEF on the ground...
@@ChangingLanes Would be crazy to be in a large truck stop lot when it rains after no rain in a few weeks/months ! The stench would quadruple likely or more.
Love travel days! 🇨🇦🌻
We bought a 2020 Grand Design Momentum 397th in January. Before picking it up (from an individual at an RV park) I had never pulled more than a 12-foot trailer. I was SOOOOOOOO nervous about driving it. After 4 trips I am still a total newbie and trying to figure it out. Getting the GREEN on my hitch has been a personal nemesis. Thank y’all for the great videos. They help a TON!
Enjoyed 😉 ur traveling days video.
Haven't done any traveling so far this year, miss hitting the road 😕.
God bless ya'll.
I enjoy travel days. Anywhere from 4 to 12 hrs. Longest day is 600 miles usually followed by a 4 hr day. Good video
Long travel days can be a drain on you, and when you aren't used to them, it seems like it's even worse. Because of our location we have to travel about 1100 miles to our "first" true destination before heading to the second one, and we now spend an extra day at the first one just to unwind and relax a little bit. I can't begin to imagine how much of a challenge it is for Tara - my heart goes out to you for keeping as upbeat as you do (I know we don't see you on the bad days, nor would I expect to - you need your "me" time just like everyone else).
DAISY is definitely worth a "Like".... You 2 arent to shabby either!
Even with a 21' RV trailer fuel stops can be difficult. Prices on-highway are highest, but they're usually a straight shot that doesn't require tight turns. If I'm below half a tank sometimes I'll top off when I see a convenient place. I hate running low and having to use a cramped little gas station.
Another great video! Peanut loved the memory of biking with Daisy and she totally agrees with Daisy's uninterested face!
Hey there! She's going to be in today's video a lot more! 😊. You guys too! 😀
Glad to see Daisy got some camera time too. I appreciate the ride along, looks EZ PZ, I know it is. Got to be easier than our Big Truck and our 53' refer trailer...retired now 10 years and don't miss the BS that goes with it. But we would like to get a setup similar to what you guys have and travel, explore and visit family, might happen someday yet.
We have been full-timing for about 7 months now. For us, it's an exception rather than a rule to have reservations for each night. Our travel plans are pretty fluid and we boondock a lot.
We try to plan out our fuel stops, but nothing is for sure until it happens!
😉
We try not to go more than 3 hours, but again, it depends on how we feel.
We have 3 large dogs and so we try to stop every 2 hours or so to let them out for potty and exercise.
Unlike you, we stay at Walmart and truck stops. We have a super C.
Right there with you on the back to back to back travel days. We once did 4 of those 320ish mile days in a row. Never, NEVER, again. 😂🤷
You two are just like us, we try to limit travel days to 300ish miles. We are about to embark on a 4 day/3 night trip from the Hill Country of Texas to Pigeon Forge. All these days will be in a row so we will definitely be tired of traveling. Of course the current Gas prices don't help, we also use the EFS Card which we signed up with because of you guys. Thanks for sharing. Don't forget the IPA 🍻
I have been watching and learning from your videos for 2+ years. Thank you.
You are not the first couple I have seen posting about the TSD fuel program while pulling into a Pilot/FlyingJ. As I understand it, they are not partners and not only is there no discount through OpenRoads, they are the most expensive, AND there is a $1.00 fee for using the TSD card there. Please correct me if I'm wrong and I will edit this comment.
Back to the positive, just seeing the pine trees in your video makes my heart beat true. I really appreciate how you two present, and the content you share. (especially the dad jokes) We are in the Eastern states this year: traveling up the coast, attending/participating several GD rallies. Having a great time, but missing the north west. Safe travels to you, and Thanks again.
Spot on with rest areas and travel days. I added a 60 gal reserve tank in my truck so we can drive all day and minimize stops. I make better time that way. With the truck tank, that’s about 90 gal of fuel. When we stop for the day, I unhitch and fuel the truck for the next day. I hate wasting time on fuel stops. We travel from about 8 am to 3 pm each day. If I extend the day a little, I can make 500 miles a day but I don’t push it that hard every day.
UGHHHH! We also hate travel days! I try to keep them under 3 hours if possible. But sometimes you can't help a long 6-7 hour drive. I just start counting the minutes to a truck stop LOL. Even if I don't need fuel I often stop for a break. Anyways love watching you guys! I can't believe we haven't seen you on the road yet as we are often in the same areas.
Definitely like to watch the travel days
Oh! I can't believe you were in CO for two weeks last August and we didn't know it. We live in CO and love the beauty here!!!
I would love the traveling time. Seeing the country and stopping when I wanted to would be ideal for me.
That was another great video. Thanks.
Another fun one, looking forward to the park video!
Great Video...Thanks for Sharing! Thanks for some of the tips on travel days, as newbies, travel days are not our favorite either. Looking forward to your next video....we will be in Granby & staying at River Run this summer & are so looking forward to it. As usual, Daisy is so cute to watch :)
Tara-purchase a good quality sitting cushion to help minimize the truck rides' jarring of your spine!
Works wonders for pain management!
Happy trails!
Hi guys, if you ever stay in Rock Springs again check out the fairgrounds, hundreds of full hookups, clean restrooms and showers and fairly cheap.
Too funny to hear Chad talk back to the GPS, I do the same thing all the time! Good video, its nice to see the 'business' part of traveling too.
Great video,s thanks I enjoy watching
Videos !! Pat
I love the travel day videos!!!
Chad & Tara - there are a few places (states) where they do not allow you to stay over night in 'rest stops'.. Be aware of that when you travel. I run into that in WI and SD but I'm sure there are others too. This was another excellent video - thank you both for doing this... Ride safe!
Another great video. We are going to be very near Granby for the summer. We'll be at Winding River RV Resort. We are really looking forward to it, we've heard it is beautiful.
You guys are awesome, love your channel!
Funny, I'm traveling a similar route from Reno to Grand Junction, CO this fall, about 175 miles less than your trip. I've planned our trip it be a 5 day trip. Our setup and breakdown time in our 32' class A is only about 15 or 20 minutes each. We like to stop and smell the roses along the way. Colorado is a fun place. That's a really nice park in Grandby. I'll have to stop by and stay a few nights when I'm in the area next time.
I stayed at River Run for some work last year. Super nice place! And yes I hope you stopped for the jersey at the gas station!!!
We met you last year at River Run. We didn't get to visit because my husband had just been tested for Covid (negative). You passed us a sticker through the truck window.
We have learned so much from your videos. Keep up the good work. Safe travels.
I remember that! 😊
What a coincidence. Someone gave us a dog riding bed just like Daisey! We try to stay 2 nights for every 300 miles we travel. Not always but most of the time. Tortoise and the Hare?? The motor home beat ya to the Campground? That got a chuckle out of me. Safe travels!
We left Las Vegas 13 March 2022 and arrived in Alaska 15 April in our 41 footer. Your videos have helped but until you do it you will not know.
We we’re traveling from Pismo Beach California to a Harvest Hosts in Lodi California following are Garmin 890. It was so far off like 20 miles off. So now we always verify the Garmin against Google maps to make sure that they’re pointing to the same place.
You guys are so much fun
Another great travel video … I find your editing style very enjoyable !! (Do tell Daisy that I am already subscribed…never miss a video).
We had a 36' Renegade motorhome and I preferred to keep it to between 500-550 miles a day. That made it 8-9 hour days.
Thanks, interesting
This park looks great!!
Hi guys! Love your videos and you guys!! I know you loved staying at River Run in Granby and it looks great, however, if and when you come back to this area, you really should stay at Winding River Resort in Grand Lake. It is just outside of the entrance to RMNP. It is heaven! Many spots are big rig friendly and have full hookups. You do have to make reservations several months in advance and our favorite spots there are large back in sites and are 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Holey crap! I been watching you guys so i can prep myself and my wife for life on the road. Its crazy because colorado is my first destination! Hopefully ill get to wave to ya when we get there!
You guys are the bees knees 🐝 We love how real you both are! We totally agreee with the hungry bickering, grab those snacks! #Hangry #Relatable
I have to agree travel days are a bit stressful for me. Towing a long heavy trailer is challenging enough without worrying what some speed demon in a car will do. …pass then brake hard to make a turn…YIKES!!!
They see a truck/trailer and HAVE to pass even if you’re traveling at the speed limit.
You’re right pulling off to let even 1 car pass is preferable to them getting antsy, passing in a poor area and putting several vehicles at risk.
Great video!!
Great video!! Travel days are always so iffy. Some are great and some are hell! Haha I have autoimmune issues, a spinal disease, fibromyalgia and arthritis, so I totally understand what you mean about travel days being miserable in the truck. That's the worst part for sure!! I've done that same drive in different segments. So pretty and so boring at the same time haha In highschool I actually worked for a company (from Idaho) that went to Rock Springs, Wy and plumbed a new hotel there in town. The college there in town has a dinosaur museum! Really cool!! Love the videos! Stay safe!! 👍🤠
Great Video!
So I hear you are getting a Ford F-450 you will love it because of the turn radius. I added air lift air bags and getting ready to install the sumo stops on front.
Well done video😀 Daisy rocks😎
Hello from the UK we hope you’re doing great. Your Vlogs are superb and really interesting. Fantastic, best wishes.
Thanks for watching! 😊
Tara’s face when Chad says “our Tun-know cover “was great.
Thank you fire the travel day video. It is fun to travel with you
I love the Travel days video that's half the fun.
We enjoy your videos! Questions: 1. What is your favorite recipe for the beef stew? 2. Have you ever book a site and wished that you could have stayed longer but couldn't because you had reservations at another location? If yes, how do you allow for longer/shorter stays if your plans change? P.S. Daisy is just so adorable!
I really enjoy you video's, you 2 are great.....
That dog is cute!
Toward the end inside River Run RV Camp...Chad could have showed them how to get their location put on Google Maps...looks like someone had some cash to invest in an RV Park ! In a couple of years the trees will benefit much more as they grow. I have to agree...with todays RV's and people needs as well as the cost for spaces, you would think a new park design would have more space between neighbors and less constrictive navigation throughout the Park. I guess the theory is like any tract home development...maximize plots, not maximize experience.
With a lot of those slow pokes on the road, especially when climbing, I simply find a lower gear and hold it there with the cruise control on and enjoy the ride. Usually at some point the slow poke pulls over and even if not...its still not so bad. You can imagine some drivers are seasonal and have white knuckles on mountain roads and steep grades. You'd think those folks would get better training about their rig and driving it.
We were in Florida for two weeks here in March stopped at lazy days looking at the momentum 376 got a brochure I see your picture in it
I just came across the boondocks fail video with the wind storm and the awning problem. You can save a ton of headaches if you use wall toggle anchors and silicone. Use the aluminum ones so you. Don't have to worry about them ever again. If you have any questions your welcome to message me and I can give e you more info but your smart people and should have no problem if you decide to go that route but it will save money and time. Thanks for the great content, good luck out there..